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[–] Bnova@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really like your point about voting not resulting in policy, I'd completely forgotten about that study and will be using it. But I'd like to clarify something:

a single vote is not going to make a difference

it's true that leftists are too small in number to sway an election

It doesn't matter if you're liberal or conservative or a leftist any single vote doesn't matter because single votes do not typically determine elections. Like you can be a liberal in a conservative area you'll be out voted or a liberal in a liberal area will likely have their candidate win by a significant margin meaning their vote didn't really matter either.

[–] iie@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

again, you'll just get "What if everyone thought that way."

but I agree it's worth pointing out that a lot of ballots are basically thrown in the trash, if you don't live in a swing area in this gerrymandered hell country.